hello and welcome to sportsday with me, marc edwards. chelsea's quest for the quadruple continues. they're into the semi finals of the womens champions league. sinner the winner. the australian open champion eases into the last four at the miami open. from south—east england to seattle. we talk to the british coach breaking new ground in the nfl. thank you forjoining us on sportsday. chelsea are through to the women's champions league

semi—finals for a second season running with a comfortable aggregate victory over ajax. emma hayes�* side, who are chasing the quadruple this season, had a 3—0 lead from the first leg and only needed to complete the job at stamford bridge. it finished 1—1. mayra ramirez with chelsea's goaljust after the half hour mark before chasity grant equalised for the dutch side. chelsea will face either defending champions barcelona or norway's brann in the last four. meanwhile, eight—time winners lyon are also through to the semi finals with a convincing 4—1 victory over benfica. the french champions confidently dispatching the portuguese side 6—2 on aggregate. delphine cascarino with a double on the night. lyon last won the trophy in 2022 and will play either hacken or paris saint—germain in the semifinals the ukraine manager, serhiy rebrov, says his sides victory over iceland to reach euro 2024, was a very important one for the players and the people of ukraine against the backdrop of the ongoing war with russia. but arguably the result

of the qualifiers belonged to georgia who beat greece to reach their first major tournament in their history, sparking huge celebrations for the home fans in tblisi. head coach willy sagnol believes they're building something very special. to stay in georgia, i mean, what i feel today, i am happy and i never felt about going, even if you would have asked me before the match, ifeel good. i am feeling good and for years, i am surrounded by amazing people and i think that is the most important. australian open champion jannik sinner is through to the miami open semi—finals after ending tomas machac�*s run at the atp masters event. sinner used his explosive power and precision to come through 6—4, 6—2 against his czech opponent. machac held off andy murray and andrey rublev to play

a first masters quarter—final but sinner�*s level was too good. sinner won the first grand slam title of his career at melbourne park injanuary and has continued his fine form since. home favourite danielle collins breezed into the semi—finals of the miami open on wednesday. the florida native easing past caroline garcia 6—3, 6—2 to reach the semi finals collins is retiring at the end of the year but the 30—year—old ensured her final appearance in this tournament would be extended by at least another round with an authoritative performance against the frenchwoman. the 2022 aussie open finalist was in control from the start taking the match in one hour and 20 minutes. she will face either fifth seed jessica pegula or world number 16 ekaterina alexandrova in the last four. the world number one, novak djokovic, has split with his long time coach goran ivanisovic. on social media djokovic said "goran "and i decided to stop working together a few days ago.

"our on—court chemistry had its ups and downs "but our friendship was always rock solid," ending the post saying "thanks for everything my friend." sunrisers hyderabad re—wrote the indian premier league record books on wednesday when they racked up a mammoth 277 for three in their 20 overs against mumbai indians. the total featured a quickfire 80 from heinrich klaasen and 63 from just 23 balls from abhishek sharma who revealed afterwards that the batsmen had been told by coaches to "go out "and express yourself". abhishek�*s 50 came in just 16 deliveries — the fastest half—century ever by a sunrisers batsman. sunrisers�* total was also the most scored by a t20 franchise and the fourth highest of all time in any t20 match. rowers in this weekend's university boat race in london have been warned not to go into the thames in london after high levels of e.coli were detected in the river. the crews from oxford and cambridge have also been told to cover up blisters and open wounds. the pressure group river action said tests indicate

that the ecoli comes from sewage directly discharged into the thames. ellie price has more. it's tradition, every year the winning cox is thrown in. this year, there's a good chance they might throw up, too. we found 10,000 colonies per 100 millilitres of e coli. what that means is it's ten times worse than the worst rating for bathing water. and also means, therefore, you shouldn't go on the river. and, in the case of rowers, they need very careful health guidance. archive: many watermen declared race _ conditions the worst for 70 years, and each cox wore goggles to help in a difficult task. rowers in this historic race are used to natural challenges. and cambridge are sinking. cambridge are going down. and sometimes they end up in the water without meaning to. organisers of the boat race have issued guidance to competitors this weekend to cover up open wounds and wash their hands regularly. and the teams involved haven't been put off. there's thousands

of people, we're not unique in racing on this course. we're not in any more danger than anyone else using this river. you have your diet coke after training in the hope that gets rid of anything you might have had. but we'll be fine. well, this is the finish line of the nearly four mile route. and the celebrations and commiserations take place just the other side of the bridge. now, both sides have told me they haven't decided if they'll chuck in their cox if they win. they are focusing on the start, and not the finish. and the victorious victim who got thrown in last year agrees. oh, man, it's the best feeling in the world. holy crap. you know, it's a year's worth of work, you've been thinking about this moment, crossing the finish line. and suddenly the whole world goes to a blur. did it matter that you knew it was not great water quality? it would be the last thing on my mind, to be honest. i'd rather not get ill, but, you know, to be honest i'm just so happy to win. this weekend's head—to—head is notjust about oxford and cambridge, but tradition

versus serious health advice. don't go in the water, don't swallow the water. ellie price, bbc news, on the thames. an american football coach from london has been named defensive co—ordinator for the seattle seahawks in the nfl. aden durde, or ad as he's known, is the first british coach to be named as a co—ordinator in the league, just one step below the head coach. my colleague hugh ferris spoke to ad about his rise to the position. it has been a crazy few years and sometimes it is moments like this where i get to stop and think about it. i don't think about it much, to be honest. being back home in london is crazy to stop and think and i don't talk about myjourney much so i am extremely grateful and very excited. it is a new era in seattle with the new head coach, a new co—ordinator, all new, and you have a situation where the new head

coach is a defensive head coach. how much does that help you because you will not be calling the plays, which most defensive co—ordinators do. i think we will help each other grow and help each other through the process. being around people with a growth mindset is exciting. it is something that i am really looking forward to. you have a first—time head coach that you will be working for. he came from baltimore. he was a defensive co—ordinator there. i know this is how this it works in the nfl. not invariably but do you see yourself as a future head coach and should you get there how much would that mean to you? at dallas, i was not a d—line coach before and i spent three years focusing to be the best i could possibly be and it worked out well for me. same in atlanta. and i will do the same here and whatever happens happens. the international pathway

for players that you helped to set up is for players, not coaches necessarily. did you envisage yourself being at the forefront of the british influence internationally on the nfl? sometimes you go through this process and those players helped me as much as i helped them, you know? because we grew together. i was in a position where i literally had to coach all of them at times and bring them along so i had to go and do the research and learn and over those five years i was in the programme and developing the programme it was my training ground to go where i have gone so far. we are paying a lot more attention to it. and in this particular year in terms of players who might breakthrough to the nfl from overseas. first of all, other seahawks, going to talk to them? i don't know. i cannot tell you that.

i've watched his work and i was super impressed. i'm excited to meet him. you will have a knock—on effect of people recognising a player coming into a team and then drag a whole lot of fans to that team. will that work in seattle if they follow you in a similarvein? i hope so. i don't know. i have an unbelievable following in seattle. once you're up there, i did not realise it as much until i got up there and suddenly you see the effect of the 12, what they do and how they affect the game is quite remarkable to see and exciting. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. well, let's see how the weather is looking. and yes, more rain on the way.

it's been raining for such a long time now — i know some of us are starting to complain. it's so soggy out there and further rain clouds heading away. in fact, the north atlantic and much of europe, dominated by a huge area of low pressure with smaller area of low pressures, is embedded within it. and look at all these weather fronts circling this big low, which is approaching us right now. and in fact, some very strong winds on the way for a time on thursday, particularly across southern areas of the uk. so through the early hours we will have had some rain from southern parts of the uk through merseyside, the irish sea into northern ireland. temperatures early in the morning, three, four, five degrees celsuis, maybe colder in some spots where skies will have cleared. but on those winds in the south — exposed areas could see 60 to 65 mile an hour gusts at times. inland, central southern counties there, 50 miles an hour. very windy in london, very windy in the midlands, east anglia, too, so a very blustery day. so through the morning, one where the front moves northwards. so outbreaks of rain through yorkshire into northern ireland

and then this circulation here with those very strong winds buffeting the south and the southwest and those heavy showers that have sunshine in between, but also thunderstorms and hail. a really turbulent day. the temperatures quite disappointing, nine to 10 degrees celsius. now into friday then, so the area of low pressure is still very much with us. look how big it is. it's absolutely huge. it's dominating a really large chunk of the planet really here. and we'll see further showers sweeping across the uk. i don't think the winds are going to be quite as strong on friday, but still enough of a breeze out there and certainly pushing those showers along. again, hail and thunder possible, but some sunshine, too. so that's good friday. also a little milder, maybe 10 to 13 degrees celsius. if you're wondering where the warmth is, it's actually across more eastern parts of europe in excess of 20 degrees celsius. are we going to get any of that? well, it does look as though with this area of low pressure, we are going to see some changes in the wind direction as we head into sunday. more of a southerly

breeze developing — still very changeable on the weather front — but that southerly breeze will mean that those temperatures will recover at least somewhat. so perhaps the mid—teens, but changeable weather across the south. still disappointing in the north, closer to nine degrees celsius. that's it for me. bye— bye.

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this is bbc news. two bodies are recovered from a maryland river where a major bridge collapsed. us investigators have also revealed more about the cargo ship that struck the bridge and the dangerous material onboard. that is 764 tonnes of hazardous materials, mostly corrosives, flammables. haiti inches towards the formation of a transitional government. the bbc speaks to haitians about what's at stake in the future of their country. the white house says israel wants to reschedule a cancelled meeting in washington to discuss its plans for a major southern gaza ground offensive. hello. i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome. authorities in the us city

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